I have the ticking sound and a vibrating sound.
It is awesome that you fixed it yourself but Im not daring enough to do that myself. Until BMW figures out there own fix I will live with them having my car for several days.
I think they are planning to replace both my turbos and diverter valves because they think the ticking is coming from the diverter valves.
Think I will just buy the Forge Diverter Valves. Will those valves help protect the turbos better; especially with extra boost?

So they took my car this morning, and after repeated promises about giving me my car back.....low and behold, they needed to change both actuators and not only one. So he said that since they haven't pulled apart the car, I can get it back. But the other actuator is apparently on national backorder (exactly in-line with what I have read on this forum) so I'll have to wait till next week.

I'm thankful at least that the wastegate isn't "stuck" and still moves freely. its just the actuator arm that is rattling - I just hope it does not come apart on my roadtrip to the Bay Area this weekend...that would totally suck.

I have the ticking sound and a vibrating sound.
It is awesome that you fixed it yourself but Im not daring enough to do that myself. Until BMW figures out there own fix I will live with them having my car for several days.
I think they are planning to replace both my turbos and diverter valves because they think the ticking is coming from the diverter valves.
Think I will just buy the Forge Diverter Valves. Will those valves help protect the turbos better; especially with extra boost?

I really dont think its the diverter valves. on RHD cars like mine, the sound is distinctively on the right side and my diverter valves are on the right. I can honestly tell you its not your diverter. The mechanism of the diverter valve is such you wont hear this kind of sound. This is a rattling of something loose.

I really dont think its the diverter valves. on RHD cars like mine, the sound is distinctively on the right side and my diverter valves are on the right. I can honestly tell you its not your diverter. The mechanism of the diverter valve is such you wont hear this kind of sound. This is a rattling of something loose.

After hearing MR 5 video and his fix, I would have to agree that its not the Dvs for sure!!! Check out his video and his fix

Ya I understand about the rattling sound, I have that when I step on the gas and release, but when just sitting there at idle you can hear another ticking sound and it is definitely coming from the area around the diverter vavles. But I dont know.
At least we have MR 5 who has done so much research, he's helping a lot.

Ya I understand about the rattling sound, I have that when I step on the gas and release, but when just sitting there at idle you can hear another ticking sound and it is definitely coming from the area around the diverter vavles. But I dont know.
At least we have MR 5 who has done so much research, he's helping a lot.

Yeah I think I know the ticking sound your speaking of near the diverter valve, but it sounds like from somewhere near the charge pipe...I have that occasionally during a cold startup, but it goes away after a few minutes..Its a loud tick too!! Ever since the weathers warming up here in the Northeast of the US, i haven't heard it for a while!

OK guys,
I thought I'd give you an update.
I updated the first post with this:

I drove around for a couple days with no sound, and then it came back again. The shim that I put in the space fell out while I was driving.
I took my car to my friend's shop because we truly wanted to get to the bottom of this.

I took my DPs off the car so I could see a little bit better with what exactly was going on.

We took the vacuum line off the rear actuator and connected a hand pump to it.
We activated the actuator (with the hand pump) closing the wastegate until the actuator couldn't move any further.
At the maximum closing capacity of the actuator, the wastegate was still opem a little bit and the wastegate could be easily moved by the hand.
This is the "ticking" sound that we are hearing because the wastegate is banging up against the seal.It turned out that BMW is correct with their fix.

It turns out that the temporary fix that I came up with helped prevent the wastegate from moving while it was in the closed position, but it should not be done for a permanent fix whatsoever.

BMW claims that there is no loss of power while the ticking noise is present, but I disagree with this.
I agree that there is no loss of power under full boost, since the boost will help keep the wastegate closed but I believe that under part throttle there is a loss of some power. Since the wastegate isn't closing properly then the amount of lag will increase with a leaking wastegate since there will be some leakage before the system builds boost, therefore creating more of a lag.

Read trough entire thread, got worried, went down to the garage, moved the "rod" gently left and right (facing the car), It does have a little play, but no "ticking sound" at idle or while driving. The car is January 07 build, auto, and sport. Mods are; SSTT, Forge DV's (yellow), BMC, GTM.

Read trough entire thread, got worried, went down to the garage, moved the "rod" gently left and right (facing the car), It does have a little play, but no "ticking sound" at idle or while driving. The car is January 07 build, auto, and sport. Mods are; SSTT, Forge DV's (yellow), BMC, GTM.

Awesowe work Mr. 5...thanks for doing the investigation on this and sharing it with everyone. Also for the persistence to keep investigating until the issue is understood. My car's in the shop for this fix now...if I get a spare moment before going on vacation in a day or two I'll try to post the before/after audio (crossing my fingers that all's well with the repair).

Anybody have any updates? Did anyone try BMW's fix as per their latest SI bulletin update?

My 335 is scheduled to go to the dealer next week for a "software programming". Did this work for anyone?

My SA told me that it is BMW's first attempt at a fix and it could take from 1 to 5 hours. If that does not work, which I honestly cannot see how it could, they will replace both wastegate actuators. How can a software update make a mechanical noise disappear? Adjusting something else to compensate? I am worried they will harm the car's performance in some way with their compensating software update.

Anyone have real experience with this BMW fix?

I spoke to a shop foreman at another BMW dealer, he told me he has a 335 and that his is noisier than mine. He said the noise is not affecting the engine nor performance and he is in no hurry to get his 335 in the shop.

Whatever, I can't stand the sound, it sounds like I'm driving a cheap piece of crap.

Anybody have any updates? Did anyone try BMW's fix as per their latest SI bulletin update?

My 335 is scheduled to go to the dealer next week for a "software programming". Did this work for anyone?

My SA told me that it is BMW's first attempt at a fix and it could take from 1 to 5 hours. If that does not work, which I honestly cannot see how it could, they will replace both wastegate actuators. How can a software update make a mechanical noise disappear? Adjusting something else to compensate? I am worried they will harm the car's performance in some way with their compensating software update.

Anyone have real experience with this BMW fix?

I spoke to a shop foreman at another BMW dealer, he told me he has a 335 and that his is noisier than mine. He said the noise is not affecting the engine nor performance and he is in no hurry to get his 335 in the shop.

Whatever, I can't stand the sound, it sounds like I'm driving a cheap piece of crap.

Your experience and input is appreciated. Thanks.

I am getting the "software update is the fix" from my dealer. I don't understand how sw can affect a mechanical part, either. And I sure don't want v29.2 if I don't have to have it. Evidiently, there's a SIB or some bulletin that tells techs to update sw for this "noise coming from the turbos" (quote from my last service visit).

My wastegate ticking noise was not fixed after 1 month in the dealership. They said that they would have to change the turbos and am waiting for a pair of new turbos to come in. They have returned the car to mee stating there is no problem driving it for now. At least untill my new turbos arrive. Still not sure if they have to remove the engine or simply lift it to change the turbos.

OK guys,
I thought I'd give you an update.
I updated the first post with this:

I drove around for a couple days with no sound, and then it came back again. The shim that I put in the space fell out while I was driving.
I took my car to my friend's shop because we truly wanted to get to the bottom of this.

I took my DPs off the car so I could see a little bit better with what exactly was going on.

We took the vacuum line off the rear actuator and connected a hand pump to it.
We activated the actuator (with the hand pump) closing the wastegate until the actuator couldn't move any further.
At the maximum closing capacity of the actuator, the wastegate was still opem a little bit and the wastegate could be easily moved by the hand.
This is the "ticking" sound that we are hearing because the wastegate is banging up against the seal.It turned out that BMW is correct with their fix.

It turns out that the temporary fix that I came up with helped prevent the wastegate from moving while it was in the closed position, but it should not be done for a permanent fix whatsoever.

BMW claims that there is no loss of power while the ticking noise is present, but I disagree with this.
I agree that there is no loss of power under full boost, since the boost will help keep the wastegate closed but I believe that under part throttle there is a loss of some power. Since the wastegate isn't closing properly then the amount of lag will increase with a leaking wastegate since there will be some leakage before the system builds boost, therefore creating more of a lag.

I personally recommend that you get this taken care of at the dealer.

Interestingly enough, I had the same problem but I also had significant loss of power. In fact, the usual audible whine of the turbos spooling was completely absent, and the car felt like it lost about 200hp. Took it to the dealer and both wastegate actuators were malfunctioning. The noise I had was identical to that of the posted videos, but I had major power loss as well. I would only get a check engine light if I gave it full throttle. No light at part throttle. There was also no difference between part throttle and full throttle in terms of acceleration either. The car literally felt like it had 100hp at the most. Weird. Anyway, the car is fixed now and feels fine.

Anybody have any updates? Did anyone try BMW's fix as per their latest SI bulletin update?

My 335 is scheduled to go to the dealer next week for a "software programming". Did this work for anyone?

My SA told me that it is BMW's first attempt at a fix and it could take from 1 to 5 hours. If that does not work, which I honestly cannot see how it could, they will replace both wastegate actuators. How can a software update make a mechanical noise disappear? Adjusting something else to compensate? I am worried they will harm the car's performance in some way with their compensating software update.

Anyone have real experience with this BMW fix?

I spoke to a shop foreman at another BMW dealer, he told me he has a 335 and that his is noisier than mine. He said the noise is not affecting the engine nor performance and he is in no hurry to get his 335 in the shop.

Whatever, I can't stand the sound, it sounds like I'm driving a cheap piece of crap.

It didn't work. The software update didn't work!! I knew it wouldn't, but the SA told me I had to have them do the update first because BMWNA determines protocol. My car was at the dealer for 9 hours and not a thing was accomplished. Now they want to order 2 waste gate actuators.

Has anyone had their waste gate actuators replaced and it fixed their rattling problem??

It didn't work. The software update didn't work!! I knew it wouldn't, but the SA told me I had to have them do the update first because BMWNA determines protocol. My car was at the dealer for 9 hours and not a thing was accomplished. Now they want to order 2 waste gate actuators.

Has anyone had their waste gate actuators replaced and it fixed their rattling problem??

Did it fix the problem for good or just temporarily??

It's a good thing that I took my car into the dealer before the software came out because I knew it wasn't going to work in my case.